Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector6156310.17816/kazmj61563Research ArticleNephrotoxic poisoningMukhametzyanovSh. A.info@eco-vector.com6th City Clinical Hospital in Kazan1509197152549522202202122022021Copyright © 1971, Mukhametzyanov S.A.1971<p>Acute renal failure in poisoning is common, and mortality remains high despite modern treatment methods. A. Y. Pytel and S. D. Goligorski, K.T. Hovnatanyan and others believe that shock leading to renal ischaemia and anoxia is the main cause of acute renal failure in all types of poisoning, but direct nephrotoxic effect of poison on the kidney, and the involvement of an allergic component is not excluded. Acute renal failure develops most frequently in poisonings with acids and alkalis, salts of heavy metals, antifreeze, barbiturates, alcohol and its derivatives, organophosphorus compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons, salicylates and sulphamides, plant poisons (mushrooms), etc.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив